JFK Assassination Hearings - Robert Groden (Conclusion)
JFK Assassination Hearings - Robert Groden (Conclusion)
Hearing room with adult Caucasian men and women walking around an emptied hearing room. Hearing host Sanford Ungar recaps the presentation of the Zapruder film and the testimony of Robert Groden, who describes himself as a photo optical technician, and is a critic of the Warren Commission.
JFK Assassination Hearings - Robert Groden (Conclusion)
Hearing host Sanford Ungar introduces his panel Paul Hoch, of the Assassination Information Bureau, and Jeremiah O'Leary of the Washington Star, who discuss Robert Groden's testimony. Hock and O'Leary believe the most significant point Groden brought up was the head snap in the Zapruder film. Hock believes there was a wide range in the credibility of the photos that were examined, and O'Leary, along with Ungar also mentions the detailed analysis of the visual evidence presented; critiquing the positions of Oswald, types of weapons used, and tampering of photographs.
JFK Assassination Hearings - Robert Groden (Conclusion)
Jeremiah O'Leary of the Washington Star re-iterates that today is only the first day and that many technical questions raised will be answered by experts, though Robert Groden was not an expert, nor did he claim to be one. Hearings host Sandford Ungar asks Paul Hoch, of the Assassination Information Bureau, about the "umbrella man". Both understand that the original implication was the umbrella was a signal being given to shoot the President. The man was identified and found, and the story of the umbrella has been understood as a symbol of protest and nothing more. Hoch goes on to say there will be many more issues similar to this, and most will go away. Ungar asks about Joseph Milteer, a man who may have predicted or boasted about U.S. President John F. Kennedy being assassinated. Hoch is waiting on more evidence to be presented, but doesn't think that story will go away. What is most compelling to Koch is the body of evidence that needs to be examined.
JFK Assassination Hearings - Robert Groden (Conclusion)
Hearings host Sandford Ungar says that it is obvious the questions raised today were not raised with the Warren Commission. He asks Jeremiah O'Leary of the Washington Star whether his belief in the Warren Commission's work is shaken after one day. O'Leary states that it is "salubrious" for this hearing to be out in the open. The Warren Commission operated behind closed doors as did the current committee, at first. That's not a criticism, but a necessity. That being said, this open committee is encouraging to him, and the public will learn a great deal more than before. Ungar asks Paul Hock, of the Assassination Information Bureau, whether Robert Groden accurately represented the criticism of the Warren Commission. Hoch agrees that he did, strictly within the confines of photographic evidence. O'Leary adds that he did it with a neutral tone. Ungar thanks them both and signs off.